Topic summary
Swiss Prealps
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Swiss Alps.
Geography
The Swiss Alps are situated south of the Swiss Plateau and north of the national border. The limit between the Alps and the plateau runs from Vevey on the shores of Lake Geneva to Rorschach on the shores of Lake Constance, passing close to the cities of Thun and Lucerne. The not well defined regions in Switzerland that lie on the margin of the Alps, especially those on the north side, are called the Swiss Prealps (Alpine foothills) (French: Préalpes, German: Voralpen, Italian: Prealpi). The Swiss Prealps are mainly made of limestone and they generally do not exceed 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).